Two Worlds Design

This episode is Part 2 of my conversation with Rion Willard, Architect, Business consultant, and host of the Business of Architecture Podcast UK. So if you haven't heard episode 13 yet, make sure you do.

Our conversation continued into understanding the deeper aspects of deriving maximum value with minimal effort as architects. But what was even more striking was Rion’s insights into how some practices are breaking all traditional conventions in the way they monetise their work!

In this episode, I spoke to Rion Willard, Architect, Business consultant, and host of the Business of Architecture Podcast UK.

Let’s talk Money… Or better yet, let’s talk VALUE. Architects are often illiterate when it comes to the art of making money, yet some designers and architects are multi-multi millionaires. So what makes design worth a lot of money?

In this episode, I spoke to Marly Weeman, a specialist in Dutch Art, Architecture, and Social Discourse.

This episode is really special to me because it was actually recorded in Rotterdam inside a historic architectural landmark. I met Marly at the Kiefhoek Social Housing estate as she gave us a guided tour around one of the most important social housing projects in modernist architecture history. It was designed by the renowned architect JJP Oud, who is considered to be one of the Big 4.

This episode is Part 2 of my conversation with Chris Hildrey, Architect turned social entrepreneur. So if you haven’t heard episode 10, make sure you do before this one. Chris and I continued to speak about his unique architectural journey into starting a social enterprise to try and solve homelessness. We also discussed how the solution to an architectural brief doesn’t always have to be a building.

In this episode, I spoke to Chris Hildrey, Architect turned social entrepreneur

I'm gonna be honest with you. Editing this episode was not easy - because the amount of wisdom that Chris had in store for us was very difficult to keep track of. Nearly every sentence that came out of his mouth was of immense value for young architectural practitioners.

In this episode, I spoke to Anna Ulrikke Andersen an award-winning filmmaker and architectural historian.

During her fellowship at Harvard, Anna made a series of films exploring the spatial experiences of people living with chronic illnesses. Her research fuses architecture, history, and film-making into original works of film that have resulted in her research being screened at various international film festivals.

In this episode, I spoke to Dr. Eleanor Ratcliffe, an acclaimed Researcher of Environmental Psychology at the University of Surrey

Have you ever wondered whether the spaces and places around you have an effect on your behaviour? Or did you ever think deeply into whether incorporating nature within architecture actually improves your experience?

In this episode, I spoke to Arthur Mamou-Mani, Architect, Tutor, and acclaimed parametric innovator.

3d printing pavilions out of wood & bioplastics, designing nature-inspired temples for the burning man festival, and even being featured in a Netflix show are just some of the things that have brought Arthur a lot of attention in the design world.

In this episode, I spoke to Angela Brady, Ex-President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

It’s not often that you get to sit down with a president of one of the world’s most influential architectural bodies. She was elected in 2011 and was the 2nd ever woman to serve as a president for the RIBA in its 100-year history.

Two Worlds Design is an architecture and design podcast series aimed at discovering the hidden potential of Architecture by speaking with extraordinary people. Hosted by Hamza Shaikh.